Once again, Washington’s gunslingers are agitating for a war with Iran. Cheered on by Fox News and enabled by uncritical talking heads such as NBC’s David Gregory and PBS’s Charlie Rose, the let’s-bomb-or-invade-or-maybe-do-both-to-Iran brigade is busy s Plus, Tim Flaherty for State Senator By EDITORIAL | April 09, 2010

US Representative Stephen Lynch has held Massachusetts’s ninth congressional district since 2001 — a fact that has irritated the state’s liberals ever since. The Southie Congressman may have pushed progressives too far this time. By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | April 02, 2010

"Jesse" asks: What is your prediction for the Middlesex, Suffolk, Essex special election? Marjorie Decker starts with a big name-recognition edge, which might be enough...By David S. Bernstein | February 19, 2010

As the Massachusetts US Senate election unfolded yesterday, all that the pols and pundits wanted to talk about was how Martha Coakley managed to lose the race. And there is plenty there to dissect. But there is another part of the story, and that is how While Massachusetts Democrats assess blame for who lost the Senate seat, the truth is that Scott Brown won it By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | January 22, 2010

A few weeks ago, the state legislature headed into its winter break with what might be called a flurry of inactivity. Inside the Massachusetts State House, a forecast of political chaos for 2010 promises extreme gridlock By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | December 11, 2009

In DeLeo's restructuring, white, non-Hispanic men older than 45 fell from power in droves. The surprisingly diverse leaders of team DeLeo. Plus, do environmentalists have reason to worry? By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | February 19, 2009

At this incalculably critical time — with a fiscal nightmare threatening billions of dollars of state-government spending and momentous budget decisions to be made — everyone in Massachusetts wants to be represented on Beacon Hill by someone with clout. With a crucial state-legislature session looming, Boston residents turn to untested newbies to fight for their share of the pie By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | January 08, 2009

In the wake of the recent local elections, more and more observers are concluding that the energy that put Patrick in the Corner Office has come and gone. Deval Patrick’s famed grassroots progressives are losing steam and influence By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | October 03, 2007